Excess mortality from March to December of 2020

Re:Excess mortality from March to December of 2020 by fred_is_fred on Friday December 04, 2020 @09:09PM (#25310976)

I am confused by this. Either this person is only mobile in indoor spaces for some reason or this person lives somewhere they were doing police checkpoints if you leave your house (like Bangalore). I've spent at least 2x more hours outside, walking, riding bikes, hiking, hitting golf balls, etc. There's nothing else to do but be outside. The fact that I don't have to go into the office and no longer can or want to visit breweries and restaurants has been a great boon to my health and Vitamin D intake.

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Re:Excess mortality from March to December of 2020 by kgermino on Friday December 04, 2020 @10:26PM (#25311433)

It really depends. My outdoor activity levels are way down. I used to hit 2-3 miles a day just going to work, lunch, the grocery store, meetings, etc which I don’t get anymore.

It’s not that I don’t have the Time to make it up, but there’s a lot of days where I only left the house because I had somewhere to go (cold, rainy, busy, etc). There’s a huge difference between “I have to walk to the store because we’re out of bread” and “I have to walk around the block because I need exercise”

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Re:Excess mortality from March to December of 2020 by baumandm on Friday December 04, 2020 @09:29PM (#25311106)

Changing routines is hard. Just because people can spend time moving about outside doesn't mean they will. Just like because people can eat healthy food in appropriate amounts doesn't mean we don't have an obesity problem.

For example, someone could have used to walk to work, or walk to lunch. Or just spent more time walking about an office building than their home office. Or had a routine of hitting the gym after work, but be unable to find the same motivation to work out at home.

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Re:Excess mortality from March to December of 2020 by inglor_cz on Saturday December 05, 2020 @05:41AM (#25313456)

"Or had a routine of hitting the gym after work, but be unable to find the same motivation to work out at home. "

I had a routine of hitting the gym between 13.00-15.00, when it is at its emptiest. When the deadlocks came, I bought some rudimentary equipment home, but the experience sucked... Polished hardwood floors are just too slippery.

Fortunately, they opened the gyms on Thursday again and I am going back to my previous routine.

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Re:Excess mortality from March to December of 2020 by fred_is_fred on Saturday December 05, 2020 @10:00AM (#25315004)

I get the motivation thing but what else is there to do on a Saturday besides go hiking or take the dog on a long walk. We’ve been through this for eight months now and people should be getting outside just for sheer boredom.

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Re:Excess mortality from March to December of 2020 by briefcomment on Friday December 04, 2020 @09:16PM (#25311023)

Hm, interesting. I’m guessing it’s the lack of socialization more than a lack of movement that’s affecting people’s health.

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